{"product_id":"17194-jenkins-florence-foster-original-signed-photograph","title":"Jenkins, Florence Foster. (1868-1944) Original Signed Photograph","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eAn extremely rare signed portrait photograph of the notoriously awful soprano, inscribed to Countess de Pokorsky and dated October 26, 1926. Jenkins is shown \u003cspan style=\"\"\u003ewearing the Spanish outfit that she featured in her performances of the song, “Clavelitos” (during which she would throw flowers from a basket under her arm into the audience.)  Photographed by Elite Studios, New York. Two small mounting remnants on the verso; one corner loss; overall in fine condition. 8.5 x 12.75 inches (21.2 x 32.3 cm).\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan id=\"docs-internal-guid-35e15ad8-c165-7f28-2014-3b594c9849bf\" style=\"\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan id=\"docs-internal-guid-35e15ad8-c15c-af6f-c726-e9d48d0250be\" style=\"\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eFlorence Foster Jenkins, an American girl born in 1868 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania to a well-to-do family, has become a legend as “the world’s worst opera singer.”  She made some vanity 78 rpm records for the Mel-o-tone label during World War Two, and in October 1944 hired Carnegie Hall for a recital.  The bad reviews that resulted from that recital were said to break her heart and she died a few weeks later at age 76, but the recordings have kept her name and her art alive.  In recent years there have been two full-length biographies (by Darryl Bullock and Jasper Rees), several plays about her and three full-length movies: a French comedy-drama titled “Marguerite,” a German docu-drama starring soprano Joyce di Donato, and the celebrated film starring Meryl Streep. However, autograph material and other historical memorabilia of Jenkins is of the utmost rarity.  \u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093642203295,"sku":"17194","price":3500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Jenkins_Florence_SP_14143_260f1ac5-700c-4972-9c17-b5ff1b9fd872.jpg?v=1722189387","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/17194-jenkins-florence-foster-original-signed-photograph","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}